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The White Terror

The name White Terror was applied to a movement started in the south of France against the French Revolution by a group calling themselves The Companions of Jehu . They planned a double uprising to coincide with invasions by Britain on the west and Austria in the east. The movement was crushed by Hoche at Quiberon , 21 July, 1795

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